Ichabod Crane is a fictional character and the protagonist in Washington Irving's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Crane is portrayed in the original work, and in most adaptations, as a tall
"What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night!" by Frederick Simpson Coburn (1899). Ichabod Crane walks home after an evening listening to ghost stories.
"Ichabod Crane, Respectfully Dedicated to Washington Irving" by William J. Wilgus; chromolithograph (c. 1856)
The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane, by John Quidor, 1858
"Courtship In Sleepy Hollow, or Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel" (1868)
Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 Gothic horror film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker. Co-produced by Paramount Pictures, Mandalay Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, American Zoet
Ichabod Crane
…Crane, but he actually meant the Headless Horseman from the story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Constable Ichabod Crane serves as the protagonist in Sleepy Hollow (1999), directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. In this interpretation, he is a New York City policeman from a family of noble origin with an…
Theatrical release poster
Supervised by Heinrichs, the town of Sleepy Hollow was constructed around a small duck pond. At a cost estimated at $1.3 million, and over a period of four months, 12 structures were built, several with detailed interiors, as well as exteriors.
The Tree of the Dead, designed by Keith Short